Toy water-motor.



D. L. CHUTE.'

TOY WATER MOTOR.

CATION FILED JUNE8 I APPL 191B- 1,29%,050a I Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

"DOUGLAS" L. CI-IUTE, 0F BERWICK, N OVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

TOY' 'WATER-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

Application filed June 8, 1918. Serial No. 239,003.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOUGLAS L. CHUTE, a citizen of Canada, residing atBerwick, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Toy Water-Motors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved toy water motor, the object of theinvention being to provide an improved toy of this character which issimple in construction and which can be operated by water supplied froma bucket of any suitable capacity, or other Water containing vessel, bya siphon, which siphon is so constructed as to be used in connectionwith water containing vessels of various sizes to facilitate theoperation of the toy.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection of a toy water motor constructed and arranged in accordance withmy invention, and showing the same arranged in operative relation to aWater containing bucket.

Fig. 2 isa detail vertical sectional view of the water wheel.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one member of the frame.

The frame of my improved toy water motor comprises a substantiallyU-shaped member 14: having vertical arms of unequal length, the shorterarm 15 having an open bearing 16 at its upper end for the axle 3 of thewater wheel 2 and the longer arm 17 having a bearing opening 18 for saidaxle. At the upper end of said arm 17 is a tubular support 19. A member6 is also provided which is substantially L-shaped. A water dischargetrough 10, which is arranged below the water Wheel, is secured on thelower portion of the member 14 and also on the lower arm of the member6. Said member 6 has a bearing at its upper end in which a shaft 7 ismounted, said shaft being a countor-shaft and being provided with apulley 8 which is connected by an endless cord 9 with a pulley on oneend of the shaft of the water wheel as shown in Fig. 1.

The water wheel and its frame are here shown as arranged on a suitablesupporting base 5, which may be a table top or the like. A suitablevessel 11 is also employed to receive water discharged from the trough10 after having passed over the wheel. A water supply tube 12 is securedin the support 19 and its upper end is connected to the discharge arm ofa siphon 14 which draws water from a suitable vessel 13.

The long arm 15 of the siphon is rigid, and in practice is a metallictube or other suitable tube and is provided at the upper end with acurved elbow 16, integral or rigid therewith and which fits over thewall of the bucket or vessel 13. The inner arm 17 of the siphon, or inother words the siphon arm which is arranged in the vessel, is inpractice a rubber or other suitable flexible tube which is attached tothe elbow 16 and is extended down to the bottom or nearly to the bottomof the vessel. The outer or long arm of the siphon extends downwardly toa point a suflicient distance below the level of the bottom of thebucket or supply vessel 13 to insure siphonic action and cause water toflow from the bucket, through the siphon, to the head trough 13 and tobe supplied to the water wheel, so as to cause the water wheel torotate.

The length of the flexible inner arm of the siphon is such as to enablethe siphon to be used in a vessel of any size so that any suitablevessel which may be at hand can be used in operating the motor.

My improved water toy motor is extremely cheap and simple, and affords agreat deal of amusement and instruction to children and othersinterested in such devices.

Having thus described the invention I claim The herein described toywater motor comprising a U-shaped frame member having a support at itsupper end for a water supply tube, an L-shaped frame member spaced fromthe first named member, a water wheel having an axle shaft mounted inbearings in bearing at the upper end of the L-shaped the first namedmember and provided at one member and provided with a pulley, and an endof the axle shaft with a pulley, a water endless cord connecting saidpulley with the 10 discharge trough below the Water Wheel and firstnamed pulley.

5 secured on the lower portion of said frame In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

members and connecting said frame members together, a counter shaftmounted in a DOUGLAS L. CHUTE.

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